Spokane

From 1976: Charges of election fraud and “glaring irregularities” were running rampant at North Central High School.

From 1976: The rock concert search procedures – approved by a judge just prior to the concert – “proved successful” in reducing contraband at the Doobie Brothers concert at the Spokane Coliseum.

On Friday afternoon, a mannequin fashion display at CenterPlace Regional Event Center highlighted the changes in women’s wear over the past 100 years.

From 1976: The fans of the upcoming Doobie Brothers concert could expect to be searched before gaining admittance to the Spokane Coliseum.

And now for the finishing touches in the garden. Deck pots filled with colorful annuals, grasses, vegetables, herbs and even fruit. Even the smallest garden or apartment deck can be brightened up with a few well-chosen pots. Best of all, it’s easy to create and maintain them.

From 1976: Spokane schools were implementing a new metric-system curriculum, anticipating that the entire country would gradually shift from English measurements to the metric measurements.

From 1976: The $3 million Pavilion Circus entertainment center at the Riverfront Park was given an opening date target of July 1977.

Freedom of speech, expensive water, vaccine mandates and a death at the hands of police: These are a few of the things the city of Spokane is defending itself against in court.

In February, an unelected commission unilaterally voted to remove two travel lanes from Grand Boulevard, one of the city’s busiest corridors. Increasingly, the same body seems poised to do similarly to Spokane Falls Boulevard, while also converting a section into a two-way road.

From 1976: The Spokane City Council denied a Cox Cable Television rate hike – even before the cable TV service had been launched in Spokane.

The athletes gathered at Shadle Park High School Saturday dreamed of competing for Olympic gold in the snow-laden French Alps.

Judges announced the winners of the awards for excellence in the annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade, held Saturday evening.

From 1976: An estimated 75,000 people attended the Fairchild Air Force Base Open House, and were treated to a sight “which resembled Rodan, the infamous flying prehistorical reptile of Japanese filmmaking fame,” according to The Spokesman-Review.

For more than four decades, Spokane-raised Lori Carrick has sat dutifully at the corner of Stevens Street and Spokane Falls Boulevard to ring in spring.

From 1976: A longtime “dream of many Spokane racket enthusiasts” – the Mission Tennis Center in Mission Park – was “about to become a reality.”

A trio of mule deer gracefully maneuvered their way through downtown Spokane Wednesday morning, much to the surprise of human onlookers.

Spokane comedian, writer and “Saturday Night Live” alum Julia Sweeney finds herself celebrating a lot of milestones lately.

After being on the sidelines of the Armed Forces Torchlight Parade for years, Lilac Queen Hayden Bowdish is ready to lead it.

From 1976: “Scores of excited Clarkston residents” turned out at Spokane International Airport to greet their new local celebrity: Lenne Jo Hallgren, America’s Junior Miss.